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Originally Posted by Kiimo
BYU: we swear we're diverse
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"Both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young stated that the Mormons were not abolitionists. In 1836, Smith wrote a piece in the Messenger and Advocate which supported slavery and affirmed that it was God's will."
"He said that the Northerners had no right to tell the Southerners whether they could have slaves. He said that if slavery were evil, southern "men of piety" would have objected. He expressed concern that freed slaves would overrun the United States and violate chastity and virtue. He pointed to biblical stories of slavery, arguing that the prophets who owned slaves were inspired of God, and knew more than abolitionists. He said that blacks were under the curse of Ham to be servants, and warned those who sought to free blacks were going against the dictates of God. Warren Parrish and Oliver Cowdery made similar arguments.[37]: 14 During this time the Mormons were based in the slave state of Missouri."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon...d's%20will.